Definition of "stipendiary"

His father, Mr. Justice Harley, died in his promising son's College term, bequeathing him nothing but his legal complexion, and Adrian became stipendiary officer in his uncles household.

1859, George Meredith, chapter 4, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall

The unusual hour, appropriate as I supposed only to some porter or other stipendiary visitor of my hotel, caused to shine out with startling refulgence the morning splendors in which Papa Joliet had arrayed himself.

1875, Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Vol. XV., No. 85. January, 1875.‎

Now, to become a stipendiary editor of a New-Year's Gift-Book is not to be thought of, nor could I agree to work for any quantity of supply to such a publication.

1890, Walter Scott, The Journal of Sir Walter Scott‎

Delhi, the capital of the Great Mogul, fell into the hands of the English, and the emperor himself became a stipendiary of a company of merchants.

1874, John Lord, A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon‎

I confess I have stipendiaries; they are the poor of Christ's flock; a treasure which I am well used in amassing.

1908, John Henry Newman, Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3)‎